By Daily Press staff
Local college officials want input from the community on who will lead the institution in the future.
Santa Monica College will hold a public forum to seek input on the qualifications and characteristics that candidates for a new college president should possess. Also discussed will be the key issues, opportunities and challenges that will face the new president.
The SMC Board of Trustees has created and appointed members to a president search committee with representatives of all internal and external constituency groups. The committee is charged with assisting in the recruitment of a new president and recommending three to five candidates to the board for final selection.
SMC is currently looking for a successor to Dr. Piedad F. Robertson, who retired from the presidency January 31 to take the chief executive position at Denver-based Education Commission of the States. Thomas J. Donner is serving as interim president through the end of 2005.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 24, at 4:30 p.m. in room 111 of the business building, 1900 Pico Blvd. Parking will be available in parking structure A, located at the 17th Street entrance. For more information, contact Lisa Rose at (310) 434-4402.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 23, 2005. Read the original PDF.